Friday, July 13, 2012

Today I'm happy to report my blog has been taken over by the very talented erotic writer Tina Donahue. This is one blog I thoroughly enjoyed reading and I know you will also.

MORE
THAN MÉNAGE

After reading the blog’s title, I know what some
of you are thinking at this point. More than ménage must mean three guys, maybe
four, five, six – dare we say up to twelve hunks – with one woman!!

Easy now, sit back, take a deep breath because
that’s not what I’m getting at.

What I’m referring to is what makes a group
activity, ménage or a simple one-on-one irresistible and trust me – it ain’t
the sex. It’s the emotional connection
of the characters who are involved with each other.

Although I write erotic romance, which is simply
romance with more explicit bedroom scenes, I wholeheartedly believe that it’s
the sexual tension and emotional build that makes readers turn the pages. From
the moment I began writing steamy stories, my brand has been “Heat with Heart”.
It’s served me well, and from the comments of reviewers and my fans, they like a
sexy story with depth.

Take my award-winning erotic contemporary Sensual Stranger.
Yeah, there are scenes so hot you’ll need a cold drink and a fan to get
through them. However, it’s the spark between Toni and Zach that makes the
journey worthwhile. He’d lost his wife in a tragic accident the year before.
Since she was fifteen, Toni’s been on her own without a family to care. They’re
two damaged souls, two very lonely people who are lucky enough to get a second
chance at love. Those are the parts I enjoyed writing the most…the quiet
moments between them where they began to realize they were meant for each
other. Sensual Strangerwas
named Book of the Year by Blue Moon Reviews. It received four stars from
Romantic Times. I don’t believe the sex was the reason for the raves, as
sizzling as those scenes were. It was because of the romance, the friendship,
the love.

In each of my romances, I’ve done the same and
succeeded – again, according to fans and reviewers. However, when I first tried
my hand at ménage, I hit a wall. I wondered how one woman could love two men
equally. The notion went against everything I’d thought up to that time. Even
so, with my first ménage, SiNN, the secondary hero,
Toby, wouldn’t stay away from Lea (my heroine) no matter how much I tried to
make him do so. I decided to step back and allow him to have his way. I’m glad
I did. The story worked better as a ménage than as I’d originally plotted it.

My second ménage, Sinfully
Wicked, was released this March. Again, the story begged for two
heroes, Mitch and Connor, who’ve loved Nikki from the time they’d met in high
school. Because of a past betrayal, their road to romance and love is rocky as
the romance opens, but it’s never dull. These people belong together; they’re
in each others’ blood. And I made certain the sexual sparks fly early and
frequently, while also building upon the friendship they all experienced so
many years before.